Members of the European Parliament have added their endorsement to the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, confirming tougher rules to fight tax evasion and terrorist financing, including a few measures which were not in the European Commission’s initial proposed directive. 141 more words

Investigative Journalists and Digital Security

On November 17, 2014 I covered the Must See Monday event “The Best in Business Journalism”. James B. Steele awarded three outstanding investigative journalists with the 2104 gold, silver, and bronze Barlett & Steele Awards. 73 more words

Lawyers representing the families of miners killed at Marikana will soon call for top South African officials to be prosecuted for murder including police commissioner General Riah Phiyega and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, write… 360 more words

As I left the Philippines on February 19 of this year, I learned that a friend was murdered, my sixth acquaintance who was killed extra-judicially by security forces.

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Sarah Harrison, an editor at WikiLeaks who has also worked with NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, won’t return to her home country of England because she fears being prosecuted as a terrorist for seeking to influence her government. 514 more words